Oscar Wilde ( 10 of 342 )
Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.
Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.
Feast of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170 Come down, O Christ, and help me! reach Thy hand read more
Feast of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170 Come down, O Christ, and help me! reach Thy hand For I am drowning in a stormier sea Than Simon on the the lake of Galilee: The wine of life is spilt upon the sand, My heart is as some famine-murdered land Whence all good things have perished utterly, And well I know my soul in Hell must lie If I this night before God's throne must stand. "He sleeps perchance, or rideth to the chase, Like Baal, when his prophets holed that name From morn to noon on Carmel's smitten height." Nay, peace! I shall behold, before the night, The feet of brass, the robe more white than flame, The wounded hands, the weary human face.
The basis for optimism is sheer terror.
The basis for optimism is sheer terror.
Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
The heart was made to be broken
The heart was made to be broken
Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do
Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do
Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.
Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.
To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance
To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance
Love is born with the pleasure of looking at each other, it is fed with the necessity of seeing each read more
Love is born with the pleasure of looking at each other, it is fed with the necessity of seeing each other, it is concluded with the impossibility of separation.
It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper judge of it
It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper judge of it
